Richard Vaughan

Ages come and go in the midst of creation. The cosmos is shaped by each one, each age having a life of its own - limited in the vast expanse of time, seemingly infinite in the eyes of those who live within it. As one age passes, another settles in. A new age dawns in a distant galaxy. It is borne of fire and destruction. As planets fall to the Mordon, peoples are enslaved, terrified into submission by a weapon that burns entire worlds. So dawns the age of the Mordon. A not so ancient prophesy speaks of One Child to survive. One is to be borne to a new age of its own. In a clash of ancient ways and modern technology, One Child is fire borne to a new start. A simple, easy read. Violence and Adult Situations.

Fire Borne

El curso de inglés definitivo: Libro 36, DVD 36, CD 36

Richard Brown

Francisco Ibáñez Talavera

David Waddell

Mortadelo y Filemón

Graeme Small

Philip, who ruled from 1419 to 1467, was one of the most powerful and influential rulers of the fifteenth century. Forced into an alliance with the English, he soon found that he held the balance of power between England and France - reflected in the final crucial phase of the Hundred Years War.

The Apogee of Burgundy

Philip the Good

The aims and personality of the second duke are illuminated, and the development of the Burgundian state during his ducal reign (1404-1419) charted. His supposed 'infernal pact' with the English and his assassination are examined; his activities in France are studied, as he exploited French resources for the benefit of Burgundy.

The Growth of Burgundian Power

John the Fearless

Malcolm Vale

A biography of Philip and a study of the emergence of the Burgundian state under his aegis in the years 1384-1404, paying particular attention to his crucial aquisition of Flanders. There is comprehensive analysis of how Philip'sgovernment worked.

The Formation of the Burgundian State

Philip the Bold

Werner Paravicini

Charles the Bold (1467-1477) was the last of the great Dukes of Burgundy. This historical and biographical work assesses his personality and his role as a ruler, and discusses his relationship with his subjects and his neighbours. It describes and analyses his policies, giving particular attention to his imperial plans and projects and his clash with the Swiss. The armies, the court and Burgundian clients and partisans are given separate treatment.

The Last Valois Duke of Burgundy

Charles the Bold

First published nearly forty years ago, Richard Vaughan's masterly four-part history of the Valois dukes of Burgundy has never been surpassed. Beginning with Philip the Bold, Vaughan describes the emergence of the Burgundian state. John the Fearless defended and developed its power ruthlessly during his ducal reign, which reached its apogee under Philip the Good. Charles the Bold ruled a state that was recognised as one of the major powers of medieval Europe, his ambition extending to an alliance with England. With the death of Charles fighting the Swiss army at Nancy in 1477, Richard Vaughan brings this history of the Burgundian dukedom to a triumphant conclusion.

Charles the Bold, John the Fearless, Philip the Bold, Philip the Good

The Dukes of Burgundy

"In Northwest Greenland, Richard Vaughan narrates for the first time the little-known history of Avanersuaq, "the place in the farthest north." This small strip on the northwestern coast of Greenland has supported the most northerly human settlement on the globe, and remains one of the last frontiers on earth. Its geography - an arid, desolate sheet of ice on one side, and the sea on the other - has isolated the land and its few inhabitants from the pressures for change experienced in other parts of the world." "In the nineteenth century, explorers were not looking for Avanersuaq: they were en route to other goals - whale hunts off the Canadian coast, the search for the Northwest Passage, or for the missing explorer John Franklin. It is not until Robert Peary's appearance in 1891 that Northwest Greenland becomes a focal point for exploration, anthropological study, and the development of the region's resources." "Vaughan discusses all these topics, and provides information on the quest for Cape York meteorites in the late 1800s, scientific interest in the local Eskimos - the Inuhuit, as they call themselves - and Peary's expeditions across the Inland Ice sheet." "Cultural histories usually give only cursory attention to the environment, but Vaughan integrates the people and their habitat as inextricably as they are linked in nature. Early explorers found in Avanersuaq a strange mixture of ice, desert and rock, with surprising pockets of vegetation, and wildlife that ranged from the narwhal and polar bear to the small dovekie, or little auk. The Inuhuit, they found, used their scarce resources wisely, with a lifestyle that centered on nomadic hunting." "Vaughan takes a careful look at the changes exploration and settlement brought to Avanersuaq and its people, from the prehistoric, subsistence lifestyle of the Inuhuit, to the Danish colonization of northern Greenland in the twentieth century. The construction of Thule Air Base in the 1950s is also given prominent attention. Indeed, Americans bulk large in these pages, which describe the expeditions of Elisha Kent Kane, Isaac Hayes, and Charles F. Hall, as well as Peary's."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

A History

Northwest Greenland

Índice: The World's Plovers. --Plovers in History, Literature and Legend. --Plumage and Field Identification . --Ecology and Food. --The Kentish Plover. --The Ringed Plover . --The Little Ringed Plover. --The Dotterel.... --The Golden Plover . --The Grey Plover. --The Lapwing. --Rare Visitors in Britain, Actual and Possible.

Plovers

El curso de inglés definitivo: Libro 37, DVD 37, CD 37

This title is about the systematic or scientific study of bird migration - a chapter in the history of ornithology.

A History of Bird Migration Studies in Europe

Wings and Rings

Matthew Paris

Rolls-Royce and Bentley Coachbuilt Specials in the Modern Era shines a light on every modern (1966 to 2017) modified and coachbuilt Rolls-Royce and Bentley. The goal is to create a record of their existence for future enthusiasts. The book is hardbound and contains 612 color pictures spread across 296 pages. Many of the pictures have never been published anywhere, including some astounding pictures of the cars made only for the Brunei royal family. In addition, there are fantastic and highly detailed pictures of the amazing Niko-Michael Camargue retractable hardtop convertible, and numerous Hooper cars based on the Silver Spirit and Turbo R. No other book has so many amazing pictures of the modern coachbuilt Rolls-Royce motorcars and Bentleys by Jankel, Frua, Hooper, Zagato, Touring, Panelcraft and others. It is a must-read for all Rolls-Royce and Bentley enthusiasts.

Richard Vaughan

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